Hercules Packing Corp. v. Steinbruckner

Memorandum: Plaintiff is a manufacturer of sealing devices and defendants were employed as lead men in two of plaintiff’s production departments. While still employed defendants acquired machinery and began to manufacture sealing devices on their own time and premises which, in some instances, were sold by a. distributor to plaintiff’s customers. Defendants knew that some of the orders were intended to be sold to the employer’s customers and they assisted the distributor in preparing bids in competition with the employer. There were no trade secrets in the employer’s business and proof was…